putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
real earthquake hits mexico. the strongest one, 5.8, this time around it was in a different area. this time it was in meet roe can. last time the one in 2017 the epicenter was further sourt in mexico. this earthquake, the city that we ve learned had the most damage as of now is mansanillo, a lot of americans, canadians live there. this is where two people died. they have nine people that were also injured and some of the damages. they have more than 100 homes that were damaged, roads, hospitals and other buildings. the military is helping, jose, about 3,000 of them have been sent to the area to assess the damage. and guad, your parents live nearby. how did they describe what they heard and felt? my dad was on a road near mitrocan, and he said it felt
florida and you re intercepted by the coast guard and sent back, same thing happens for people that leave haiti, which is a country that is really going through some critical moments, but if those same people then take the risk of even more intense and go through the jungles, or in cuba go through nicaragua and gou through mexico, all of that entails making the cartels billionaires, then you re allowed to stay. it seems as though, congressman, there is no national concrete policy to deal with people so that they can humanely ask for asylum, maybe even in their own countries. well, there are efforts, and the programs that allowed for asylum claims to happen in their host countries, including for children was eliminated and
also the whole recovery, the emotional recovery. we re working right now to ensure that we have resources on the ground, counselors on the ground will be open up for disaster recovery centers to meat those needs. thank you very much for being with us this morning. the red cross also has disaster teams in puerto rico right now. if you d like to help, go to redcross.org. you can call 800-red-cross or text the word red cross to 900 excuse me. 90999 and you can make a donation there. it s a situation that really needs our help. if you can help, that would be fantastic. there have been 632 after shocks in mexico after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday. the quake causing buildings to sway. this is in mexico city, far away
from it, but take a look at this building swaying. the mexican government says at least two people have died as a result of this earthquake. the quake happened less than an hour after a nationwide earthquake drill marking the anniversary of two deadly earthquakes in mexico, one in 2017 that killed hundreds and one in 1985 that killed thousands. joining us now nbc s guad venegas. you see this, and you re like 19th of september. that s what people are saying in mexico. this is a day that the president had chosen, jose, to have an earthquake drill, a simulation, to test the alarms and also to remember the tragedies of those days, right? so people were getting ready, jose, for this it was at 12:19 when they did the drill. some people walked outside. they said the alarms work well, and less than an hour later a